Pulp - Different Class (30th Anniversary) [4LP]

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Different Class, the 1995 Mercury Prize winning album from Pulp. This deluxe set includes the remastered original album spread over 2LPs for the first time ever, plus their full legendary 1995 Glastonbury Festival performance on 2LPs. This is the first time that performance has been released.

Frontman Jarvis Cocker explains how this new edition presents the album in an improved format, “This 45rpm double album version of Different Class will make it sound a whole lot better. We were obsessed with the fact that this was our “Pop” album (we had finally achieved some “popularity” when “Common People” was a hit) and, as everyone knows, all pop albums have 12 songs on them: 6 tracks per side.”

He adds “Only problem: this took the running time of the record to 53 minutes. We were told this would compromise the audio quality of the vinyl record – but we were more bothered about not compromising the quality of our Pop Dream. Now, 30 years later, we are finally ready for Different Class to be heard in all its glory.”

The June 1995 Glastonbury performance will always be the most significant concert of Pulp’s career. Cocker says “Three weeks after “Common People” hit No.2 in the national charts the band filled in for The Stone Roses at the last minute. We played “Sorted For E’s & Wizz”, “Mis-Shapes” & “Disco 2000” – all receiving their live debut. This is first time the whole concert (including the long, drone-based intro) has been made available. This is your chance to relive an historical moment.”

This deluxe 4LP edition of Different Class is presented in a sturdy slipcase with a comprehensive, 28-page booklet featuring a newly commission essay based on new interviews with the band members, plus many previously unseen images from photographers Rankin and Donald Milne (who took the photos for the original release) and the band’s own archives.

The original ‘aperture’ sleeve design, which encouraged purchasers to “Choose your own front cover”, came with six double-sided inserts/art cards of alternative cover images depicting cardboard cut-outs of the band members captured in a variety of situations. This has been fully recreated for this deluxe set, which will also include a 12” by 12” poster featuring miniatures of the cut-outs themselves, which fans can excise if they wish and place in the settings of their choice.

Remastered by Geoff Pesche at Abbey Road, who co-mastered (alongside Kevin Metcalfe) Different Class for its initial release three decades ago. This process was overseen by Jarvis Cocker and Mark Webber.